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DouglasCarswell

"@Conor_BurnsMP: Confused as to how Cable can be called Gladstonian. I'm a Gladstonian economic liberal. And he is way to my left"< agreed! about 7 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Noticing how lovely new trees in Station Road #Clacton look. Well done @Tendring_DC yfrog.com/es2clpcj about 10 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Euro doomed because it means one currency for dozens of countries. Future means dozens of currencies for each country : bit.ly/KFleaX about 15 hours ago via Tweet Button
Currency competition is coming: bit.ly/KFbnlo about 16 hours ago via Tweet Button
@athanaseus The coming age of currency competition will see both more national currencies in Europe - but also non state currencies 2:44 PM May 24th via web in reply to athanaseus
#newsnight Cleggy blames cheap credit "sloshing around" for Europe's problems. Then demands "monetary activism" to sort things out. Doh 2:43 PM May 24th via web
At last someone gets it! A new Europe of competing currencies - FT.com - Columnists on.ft.com/JMH6XI 12:42 PM May 24th via Tweet Button
@liontornado Who knew wealth creation could be so easy? Just blow an extra few trillion and see us really prosper, eh. 12:36 PM May 24th via web in reply to liontornado
skybod @DouglasCarswell at least the sun is shining... 8:07 AM May 24th via TweetDeck Retweeted by DouglasCarswell and 2 others
GCGodfrey Greece's mathematical challenge: 70% want to tear up the terms of the bailout, 70% want to stay in the € bit.ly/KNcDbU 8:02 AM May 24th via HootSuite Retweeted by DouglasCarswell and 37 others
Double dip recession. Monetary stimulus not worked. £20 Billion more for Euro bailouts. But apart from that, how's it going? 8:06 AM May 24th via Mobile Web
Immigration unchanged. £200 Billion more public debt. More powers transfered to Brussels. But apart from that, how's it all going? 8:03 AM May 24th via Mobile Web
@liontornado We cannot fix a problem of over consumption by encouraging more consumption. Lack of demand is a sympthom of the problem. 7:01 AM May 24th via Mobile Web in reply to liontornado
Double dip shows we can't engineer recovery - neither fiscal nor monetary activism will fix the Western crisis: bit.ly/LsIm0E 4:08 AM May 24th via Tweet Button
We can't engineer recovery - Raghuram G. Rajan's excellent essay: bit.ly/KAU7ho 2:52 AM May 24th via Tweet Button
"@MirrorMcTague: Beach volleyball players on Parliament Sq! yfrog.com/oendimvj" <- no. Its first meeting of new look 1922 committee 1:14 AM May 24th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
"@afneil: Trouble for Cameron: Van Rompuy plan 2 deepen economic union"< will be if he leaves Europhile Jon Cunliffe to do deal 1:10 AM May 24th via Mobile Web
stephenpollard My Express column on 'who governs Britain?' express.co.uk/posts/view/322… 12:53 AM May 24th via Safari on iOS Retweeted by DouglasCarswell and 3 others
"EU summit fails to solve Euro crisis". Who have guessed EU leadership reduced to pathetic talking shop? 12:42 AM May 24th via Mobile Web
nigelfletcher The Queen, when King of Spain moaned about Prince Charles boarding Britannia at Gibraltar: "He's my son, it's my ship and it's my dockyard." 3:18 PM May 23rd via web Retweeted by DouglasCarswell and 119 others